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European Space Agency (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2000

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Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

94 of 2000

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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These Regulations give the European Space Agency (ESA) formal legal personality in Australia by declaring it a body corporate and authorising it, in its corporate name, to enter contracts, acquire and dispose of real and personal property, and to sue or be sued (reg 4). They affect the ESA and any Australian counterparties, landlords and courts. Mechanically, the instrument assigns commercial rights and obligations to the ESA and thereby allocates transactional costs and legal risk to the Agency and those who deal with it, while relying on the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act for privileges and immunities.

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European Space Agency (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2000

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 94

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

Dated 7 June 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

alexander downer

Minister for Foreign Affairs

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European Space Agency (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2000

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 941

made under the

International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963

Contents

Page

1 Name of Regulations

2 Commencement

3 Definitions

4 Legal capacity and personality

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1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the European Space Agency (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2000.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Definitions

In these Regulations:

Act means the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

European Space Agency means the agency established under Article I of the Convention for the Establishment of a European Space Agency done at Paris on 30 May 1975.

4 Legal capacity and personality

For subsection 12A (2) of the Act, the European Space Agency:

(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and

(b) is capable, in its corporate name:

(i) of entering into contracts; and

(ii) of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property; and

(iii) of suing and being sued.

Note

1. Made by the Governor-General on 7 June 2000, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 June 2000.

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European Space Agency (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2000

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 94

Dated 7 June 2000

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

alexander downer

Minister for Foreign Affairs

European Space Agency (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2000

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 941

made under the

International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963

Contents

Page

1 Name of Regulations

2 Commencement

3 Definitions

4 Legal capacity and personality

Do not delete : Part placeholder

Do not delete : Division placeholder

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the European Space Agency (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2000.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Definitions

In these Regulations:

Act means the International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1963.

European Space Agency means the agency established under Article I of the Convention for the Establishment of a European Space Agency done at Paris on 30 May 1975.

4 Legal capacity and personality

For subsection 12A (2) of the Act, the European Space Agency:

(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and

(b) is capable, in its corporate name:

(i) of entering into contracts; and

(ii) of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property; and

(iii) of suing and being sued.

Note

1. Made by the Governor-General on 7 June 2000, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 June 2000.